Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 31818 [E7-11063]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 31818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11063]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management 
Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for 
OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses 
electronically by e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax to 
(202) 395-6974. Commenters should include the following subject line in 
their response ``Comment: [insert OMB number], [insert abbreviated 
collection name, e.g., ``Upward Bound Evaluation'']. Persons submitting 
comments electronically should not submit paper copies.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB 
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the 
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat 
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal 
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform 
its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that 
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to 
submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information 
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of 
review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5) 
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: June 1, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, 
Office of Management.

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Child Care Survey of Postsecondary Institutions.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
     Responses: 558.
     Burden Hours: 517.
    Abstract: Low-income students with children have the highest risk 
for failing to complete a four-year college degree. To increase the 
students' persistence in and graduation from college, the U.S. 
Department of Education's (the Department's) Child Care Access Means 
Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program provides grants to postsecondary 
institutions so that they can offer child care support tailored to the 
needs of specific student populations and local communities. The 
Department contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) to 
evaluate the CCAMPIS program. The evaluation includes a comprehensive 
literature review, a survey of postsecondary institutions (``Child Care 
Survey''), a secondary data analysis, and the design of a student 
survey.
    The Child Care Survey is a web-based survey of approximately 350 
CCAMPIS grantee institutions funded in 2001 or 2002 and 350 matched, 
non grantee institutions. The sample consists of Title IV, degree-
granting institutions offering at least $350,000 in Pell Grant support 
in the 2000 or 2001 fiscal year. All institutions in the sample offer 
child care services to postsecondary students. The survey is being 
conducted in two phases. Phase I, a pilot with 10 percent of the 
sample, was completed in spring 2007. After the instrument is modified, 
Phase II will be conducted in fall 2007 with the remaining 90 percent 
of the sample.
    The Child Care Survey will provide a comprehensive picture of how 
grantees assist low-income students with child care. It will indicate 
whether and the extent to which grantees are better able than non 
grantees to provide critical child care services to low-income 
students. It will also examine child care directors' professional views 
on whether these services improve postsecondary persistence and 
graduation for low-income students.
    The data will be useful in several ways. Policymakers will be able 
to use the information in deciding how to fund child care services at 
postsecondary institutions. Postsecondary institutions may be 
encouraged to offer more child care services for low-income students. 
The data will also support additional research on child care services 
by others interested in improving persistence in and graduation from 
postsecondary institutions among low-income students with young 
children. Restricted-use data files from the study-submitted to the 
Department and disseminated accordingly-can be used for independent 
studies by researchers and the policy community.
    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 
OMB review may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting 
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 
3371. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download 
Attachments `` to view. Written requests for information should be 
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also 
be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-
6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection 
when making your request.
    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
 [FR Doc. E7-11063 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-P